Method and electronic device for providing text-related image

ABSTRACT

An artificial intelligence (AI) system for simulating functions such as recognition, determination, and so forth of human brains by using a mechanical learning algorithm like deep learning, or the like, and an application thereof is provided. A method of providing a text-related image is provided. The method includes obtaining a text, determining at least one image related to the obtained text based on a degree of relatedness between a result of applying a first AI data recognition model to the obtained text and a result of applying a second AI data recognition model to a user-accessible image, and displaying the determined at least one image to a user.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a continuation application of prior application Ser.No. 15/848,473, filed on Dec. 20, 2017, which was based on and claimedpriority under 35 U.S.C § 119(a) of a Korean patent application filed onDec. 21, 2016 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office and assignedSerial number 10-2016-0175839 and of a Korean patent application filedon Nov. 8, 2017 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office and assignedSerial number 10-2017-0148327, the disclosure of each of which isincorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing atext-related image.

BACKGROUND

An artificial intelligence (AI) system is a computer system thatimplements human-level intelligence, and allows a machine to learn byitself, make decisions, and become smarter, unlike an existingrule-based smart system. As the AI system is used, the AI system has animproved recognition rate and accurately understands a user'spreference, such that the existing rule-based smart systems is aregradually being replaced with deep-learning-based AI systems.

AI technology includes machine learning (deep learning) and elementtechnologies using machine learning.

Machine learning is an algorithm technique that classifies/learnscharacteristics of input data by itself, and element technologies aretechnologies that simulate a function such as recognition, decisionmaking, etc., of a human brain by using a machine-learning algorithmsuch as deep learning, and includes technical fields such as linguisticunderstanding, visual understanding, inference/prediction, knowledgerepresentation, operation control, and so forth.

The AI technology is employed in various fields. For example, linguisticunderstanding is a technique that recognizes, and applies/processeshuman languages/texts, and includes natural language processing, machineinterpretation, a conversation system, question and answer processing,voice recognition/synthesis, and so forth. Visual understanding is atechnique that recognizes and processes an object in the same manner asa human visual system, and includes object recognition, object tracking,image searching, people recognition, scene understanding, spaceunderstanding, image enhancement, etc. Inference/prediction is atechnique that determines information and performs logical inference andprediction, and includes knowledge/probability-based inference,optimization prediction, preference-based planning/recommendation, andso forth. Knowledge representation is a technique that automatizes humanexperience information as knowledge data, and includes knowledgeestablishment (data creation/classification), knowledge management (datautilization), and the like. Operation control is a technique thatcontrols autonomous driving of a vehicle and motion of a robot, andincludes motion control (navigation, collision, driving), manipulationcontrol (action control), and so forth.

The AI technology may also be used to provide an image, in which arelated image may be provided considering a context of a text, without aseparate keyword input or an image tag.

The above information is presented as background information only toassist with an understanding of the present disclosure. No determinationhas been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the abovemight be applicable as prior art with regard to the present disclosure.

SUMMARY

Aspects of the present disclosure are to address at least theabove-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at leastthe advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the presentdisclosure is to provide an apparatus and method for providing atext-related image to a user, in which an image properly correspondingto a text is provided using a data learning result.

Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description whichfollows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may belearned by practice of the presented embodiments.

In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, an electronicdevice is provided. The electronic device includes a user inputinterface configured to obtain a text, a memory configured to store acomputer-executable instruction, at least one processor coupled to thememory is configured to determine at least one image related to theobtained text based on a degree of relatedness between a result ofapplying a first artificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model tothe obtained text and a result of applying a second AI data recognitionmodel to a user-accessible image, and a display configured to displaythe determined at least one image.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, anelectronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a userinput interface configured to obtain a text, at least one processorconfigured to search for at least one image related to the obtainedtext, a transceiver configured to transmit a request for the at leastone image related to the obtained text to a server, and receive the atleast one image related to the obtained text, which is determined basedon a degree of relatedness between a result of applying a first AI datarecognition model to the obtained text and a result of applying a secondAI data recognition model to a user-accessible image, in response to therequest, under control of the at least one processor, and a displayconfigured to display the received at least one image.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a method ofproviding a text-related image is provided. The method includesobtaining a text, determining at least one image related to the obtainedtext based on a degree of relatedness between a result of applying afirst AI data recognition model to the obtained text and a result ofapplying a second AI data recognition model to a user-accessible image,and displaying the determined at least one image to a user.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a method ofproviding a text-related image is provided. The method includesobtaining a text, transmitting the obtained text and a request for atleast one image related to the obtained text to a server, receiving atleast one image related to the transmitted text based on a degree ofrelatedness between a result of applying a first AI data recognitionmodel to the transmitted text and a result of applying a second AI datarecognition model to a user-accessible image, in response to therequest, and displaying the received at least one image.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, acomputer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program forexecuting the method according to the third aspect and the methodaccording to the fourth aspect on a computer is provided.

Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detaileddescription, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings,discloses various embodiments of the pre sent disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certainembodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from thefollowing description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view for describing a system for providing a text-relatedimage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of providing a text-related image byan electronic device according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates an example in which an electronic device provides atext-related image according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of providing a text-related imagethrough a server by an electronic device according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which an electronic device provides atext-related image through a server according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a view for describing a method of determining a text-relatedimage based on a degree of relatedness between results of application ofan artificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 are block diagrams of an electronic device accordingto various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a detailed block diagram of a controller according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a detailed block diagram of a data learning unit according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a detailed block diagram of a data learning unit according toan embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 13 illustrates an example where an electronic device and a serverlearn and recognize data by interworking with each other according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbersare used to depict the same or similar elements, features, andstructures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings isprovided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of variousembodiments of the present disclosure as defined by the claims and theirequivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in thatunderstanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary.Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize thatvarious changes and modifications of the various embodiments describedherein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of thepresent disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functionsand constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.

The terms and words used in the following description and claims are notlimited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by theinventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the presentdisclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in theart that the following description of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure is provided for illustration purpose only and not for thepurpose of limiting the present disclosure as defined by the appendedclaims and their equivalents.

It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the”include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes referenceto one or more of such surfaces.

As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations ofone or more of the associated listed items. Expressions such as “atleast one of,” when preceding a list of elements, modify the entire listof elements and do not modify the individual elements of the list.

The present specification describes the principle of the presentdisclosure and discloses various embodiments to clarify the scope of thepresent disclosure and to allow those of ordinary skill in the art tocarry out the present disclosure. Disclosed embodiments may beimplemented in various forms.

Herein, when an element is connected to another element, the element isnot only directly connected to another element but also electricallyconnected to another element with another element intervening in them.If it is assumed that a certain element includes a certain element, theterm ‘including’ means that a corresponding element may further includeother elements unless a specific meaning opposed to the correspondingelement is written.

Although the terms including ordinal numbers such as “first” and“second” used herein may be used to describe various elements, theseterms do not limit the corresponding elements. These terms may be usedfor the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element.

Throughout the specification, the term “application” means a set ofcomputer programs designed to perform a specific task. A variety ofapplications may be described herein. For example, the applications mayinclude, but not limited to, a web browser, a camera application, a datatransmission application, a music playback application, a video playbackapplication, a message application, a social communicator application, asocial media application, a social networking service (SNS) application,a gallery application, a memo application, a calendar application, aphone book application, etc.

Throughout the specification, the term “user interface (UI)” means amedium through which an electronic device and a user interact with eachother. The user may input a text to the electronic device through theUI, and the electronic device may display a result corresponding to theinput through the UI.

Throughout the specification, the term “user input” may include, but notlimited to, at least one of a touch input, a bending input, a voiceinput, a key input, and a multimodal input.

Throughout the specification, the term “text” means data intended todeliver a meaning to a partner. The “text” may include data in the formof a natural language such as a character, a symbol, a word, a phrase, asentence, a diagram, a chart, etc., and data or voice data in the formof an artificial language character string.

Throughout the specification, an identical reference numeral willindicate an identical element. The present disclosure does not describeall elements of various embodiments, and general information in thetechnical field of the present disclosure or repeated information overthe various embodiments will be omitted. A “part” or “portion” usedherein may be implemented with software or hardware, and depending onvarious embodiments, a plurality of “parts” or “portions” may beimplemented with one unit or element or one “part” or “portion” mayinclude a plurality of elements.

In the present disclosure (especially, in the claims), the use of “the”and other demonstratives similar thereto may correspond to both asingular form and a plural form. Unless the order of operations of amethod according to the present disclosure is explicitly mentioned ordescribed otherwise, the operations may be performed in a proper order.The present disclosure is not limited by the order the operations arementioned.

Hereinafter, the operating principle and various embodiments of thepresent disclosure will be described in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view for describing a system for providing a text-relatedimage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system according to an embodiment may includean electronic device 1000. However, all the illustrated elements are notessential elements. The system may be implemented with a larger orsmaller number of elements than the illustrated elements. For example,the system may include the electronic device 1000 and a server (notshown).

The electronic device 1000 according to an embodiment may be implementedin various forms. For example, examples of the electronic device 1000may include, but not limited to, a smart phone, a smart television (TV),a digital camera, a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer (PC), anelectronic (e)-book terminal, a digital broadcasting terminal, apersonal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), anavigator, a Moving Picture Experts Group phase 1 or phase 2 (MPEG-1 orMPEG-2) audio layer 3 (MP3) player, and the like. The electronic device1000 described herein may be a wearable device that is wearable on auser. Examples of the wearable device may include, but not limited to,at least one of an accessory type (e.g., a watch, a ring, a bracelet, ananklet, a necklace, glasses, contact lenses, head-mounted device (HMD),etc.), a fabric or cloth-integrated type (e.g., electronic clothing,etc.), a body-attached type (e.g., a skin pad, a tattoo, etc.), a bodyimplanted type (e.g., an implantable circuit, etc.), and so forth.However, the following description will be made based assuming that theelectronic device 1000 is a mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 provides at least oneapplication to the user. In this case, the user may input a text to anapplication provided in the electronic device 1000 through a UI. Forexample, the user may input a text “Happy to drive around Paju with myfamily for Golden Week”, using a character application.

In an embodiment, the user may desire to insert a suitable imagecorresponding to a content based on the overall context of the text,while inputting the text.

In an embodiment, if the application to which the user inputs the textdoes not store an image, the user may call another application or afunction thereof, which includes an image, such as the web browser, thecamera application, the gallery application, etc., to access the image.For example, the electronic device 1000 may transmit an image browsingrequest to another application in response to the user input.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may access the image byexecuting an image browsing function in the application, withouttransmitting the image browsing request to another application.

For example, based on a context of a user-input text “Family trip forGolden Week ˜ I drove around Paju and visited Heyri Artist Valley forGolden Week! I feel so good with the drive after a long time”, theelectronic device 1000 may preferentially provide, to the user, picturesincluding at least one of an image captured during long holidays thatmay be called Golden Week, an image captured on the way to Paju, animage of Paju's Healing Road, and an image of a sunny day reflecting agood mood of the user.

According to an embodiment, even if the user does not input a separatekeyword, the electronic device 1000 may recognize a user's intention,obtain an image matching the context of the text, and preferentiallyprovide the obtained image to the user, such that the user may selectone or more suitable images from among at least one images provided bythe electronic device 1000, without having to search for and selectingsuitable images one by one. Since this feature relieves the user'sburden of searching for images, the feature may become more effectivefor a larger number of images. Unlike a keyword-based search where onlyimages stored corresponding to user-set keywords are searched for, theelectronic device 1000 may provide an image matching an intention of theuser inputting a text, by considering the overall context of the text.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of providing a text-related image byan electronic device according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2, in operation S210, the electronic device 1000obtains a text. In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may receiveinput of a text from the user, retrieve a text stored in anotherapplication by executing the application, or receive a text from anexternal device or a web server through a network. For example, if theuser uses the message application, the electronic device 1000 mayreceive a text previously input to the memo application by the user, byexecuting the memo application based on a user input.

In operation S220, the electronic device 1000 determines at least oneimage related to the text based on a degree of relatedness between aresult of applying a first artificial intelligence (AI) data recognitionmodel to the text and a result of applying a second AI data recognitionmodel to a user-accessible image.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may obtain theuser-accessible image. The user-accessible image according to anembodiment may include at least one of an image previously stored in theelectronic device 1000, an image that may be received from an externaldevice communicating with the electronic device 1000, and an image thatmay be received from a server. For example, the electronic device 1000may obtain a previously stored image by executing the galleryapplication, etc. The electronic device 1000 may receive an image froman external server. For example, the electronic device 1000 may access asocial network server, a cloud server, or a content providing server todownload an image. The electronic device 1000 may capture an image usinga camera included in the electronic device 1000. The electronic device1000 may capture an image by executing the camera application.

In an embodiment, determination of an image related to a text may beperformed by learning by at least one learning model. For example, thefirst AI data recognition model may be a model for a text, and thesecond AI data recognition model may be a model for an image. In anembodiment, the first AI data recognition model and the second AI datarecognition model may be the same as or different from each other. Forexample, the first AI data recognition model and the second AI datarecognition model may be established based on deep neural network-basedlearning.

In an embodiment, if the first AI data recognition model is applied to atext, a result considering situations inferable from the applied textmay be derived, and if the second AI data recognition model is appliedto an image, a result considering situations inferable from the appliedimage may be derived, such that two results may be compared to determinea degree of relatedness. For example, a result of applying an AI datarecognition model may be a value or a vector value. The degree ofrelatedness may include a difference between values, a distance betweenvector values, or the like. For example, the electronic device 1000 maydetermine, as an image related to a text, an image in which a differencebetween values or a distance between vector values is less than or equalto a threshold value. The electronic device 1000 may determine a highrelation between the text and the image for a high degree ofrelatedness. The AI data recognition model will later be described inmore detail with reference to FIG. 6.

In an embodiment, once the electronic device 1000 obtains the text inoperation S210 after the electronic device 1000 stores a result ofapplying the second AI data recognition model to the user-accessibleimage in the electronic device 1000, the electronic device 1000 obtainsa result of applying the first AI data recognition model to the obtainedtext and compares the obtained result with the stored result, thusdetermining an image related to the text.

In operation S230, the electronic device 1000 displays the determined atleast one image to the user.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may display the determinedat least one image based on a degree of relatedness. For example, theelectronic device 1000 may display a plurality of images related to thetext in a descending degree of relatedness order or an ascending degreeof relatedness order. The order in which the electronic device 1000displays the plurality of images may be previously set by the user. Forexample, the electronic device 1000 may set displaying in the descendingdegree of relatedness order by default to allow the user to easilyselect an image matching the text.

Hereinbelow, a description will be made with reference to FIG. 3 of anoperation in which the user selects one or more of at least one imagedisplayed by the electronic device 1000 and the electronic device 1000newly learns an AI data recognition according to user's selection.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example in which an electronic device provides atext-related image according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to 300-1 of FIG. 3, the electronic device 1000 according to anembodiment provides a first application (e.g., an SNS application) tothe user who inputs a text through a UI. The electronic device 1000 mayreceive a typing input of the user and obtain the text.

In an embodiment, the user may desire to insert an image related to theinput text while inputting the text to the first application. Forexample, to access an image, the electronic device 1000 may transmit aninstruction for calling a second application (e.g., the galleryapplication) to the second application by receiving a user's input oftouching or clicking a gallery UI 312, and thus execute the secondapplication. In an embodiment, the touch input means a gesture, etc.,made by the user on a touch screen to control the electronic device1000. For example, the touch input described herein may include a tap, atouch & hold, a double tap, a drag, panning, a flick, a drag & drop, andso forth.

Referring to 300-2 of FIG. 3, in response to execution of the secondapplication executed for user's access to an image, the electronicdevice 1000 may display a first image 322, a second image 324, a thirdimage 326, and a fourth image 328 which are related to the text.According to an embodiment, the first application may transmit the textto the second application, together with a request for browsing atext-related image.

According to an embodiment, in response to the request, the secondapplication may determine and display at least one image related to theobtained text based on a degree of relatedness between a result ofapplying the first AI data recognition model to the text and a result ofapplying the second AI data recognition model to an image stored in thesecond application.

In an embodiment, to determine an image related to the text “Family tripfor Golden Week ˜ I drove around Paju and visited Heyri Artist Valleyfor Golden Week! I feel so good with the drive after a long time!”, theelectronic device 1000 may consider an image including a situation of adrive with families, an image of a sunny day reflecting a user's goodmood, and so forth.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may further considermetadata about an image. In an embodiment, the metadata about the imagemay include at least one of location information of a location where animage is captured (e.g., using a global positioning system (GPS)) andtime information of the time when the image is captured. For example,the electronic device 1000 may further consider an image captured duringlong holidays that may be called Golden Week, an image captured on theway to Paju, and an image of Paju's Healing Road that is a famous roadfor driving in Paju, by using the metadata about the image.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may determine the firstimage 322, captured in Golden Week, including a situation of drivingaround Paju in the sunny day background, as an image having the highestdegree of relatedness with the text. For example, the electronic device1000 may also determine that the first image 322, the second image 324,the third image 326, and the fourth image 328 have a degree ofrelatedness with the text in a descending order and provide the firstimage 322, the second image 324, the third image 326, and the fourthimage 328 to the user by arranging the first image 322, the second image324, the third image 326, and the fourth image 328 in the order of thedescending relatedness degree order.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may receive a user input ofselecting a select button 330 to select one or more images from amongthe first image 322, the second image 324, the third image 326, and thefourth image 328 displayed. The select button 330 may be a physicalbutton attached to the electronic device 1000 or a virtual button in theform of a graphical user interface (GUI). For example, as the userpresses or touches the first image 322 and presses or touches the selectbutton 330, the electronic device 1000 may receive an input of selectingthe first image 322 from among the first image 322, the second image324, the third image 326, and the fourth image 328 displayed. As theuser selects the first image 322, the electronic device 1000 displaysthe first image 322 together with the text.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may learn an AI datarecognition model based on the user's selection. In an embodiment, theelectronic device 1000 may determine an image related to a text obtainedlater, based on the newly learned AI data recognition model. Forexample, the electronic device 1000 may newly store a result of thenewly learned and updated AI data recognition model to the image. Forexample, if a text is input later, the electronic device 1000 maydetermine an image related to the text, based on a degree of relatednessbetween a result of applying the newly learned AI data recognition modelto the text and a result of applying the newly learned AI datarecognition model to a previously stored image.

Referring to 300-3 of FIG. 3, according to an embodiment, the electronicdevice 1000 receives a user input of inputting a first text 334 to thefirst application, inserts and displays a user-selected image 338related to the first text 334, together with the first text 334, andthen receives a user input of inputting a second text 336.

According to an embodiment, when the user desires to insert an imagerelated to the second text 336, the electronic device 1000, to access animage, may transmit an instruction for calling the second application tothe second application by receiving a user's input of touching orclicking the gallery UI 332, and thus execute the second application.

Referring to 300-4 of FIG. 3, according to an embodiment, in response toexecution of the second application executed for user's access to animage, the electronic device 1000 may display a fifth image 342, a sixthimage 344, a seventh image 346, and an eighth image 348 which arerelated to the second text 336.

According to an embodiment, to provide an image related to the secondtext 336, the first application may transmit the first text 334 and/orthe second text 336, together with a request for browsing a text-relatedimage, to the second application. For example, the first application maytransmit only the second text 336 to the second application because thefirst text 344 has already been transmitted to the second application.

According to an embodiment, in response to the request, the secondapplication may determine and display at least one image related to thesecond text 336 based on a degree of relatedness between results ofapplying the newly learned first AI data recognition model to the firsttext 334 and the second text 336 and results of applying the newlylearned second AI data recognition model to an image stored in thesecond application.

In an embodiment, to determine an image related to the second text 336,the electronic device 1000 may consider the first text 334 and the image338 related to the first text 334. For example, although the second text336 includes only “delicious brunch had upon arrival (>_<b)”, theelectronic device 1000 may determine an image related to the second text336 by considering all situations derived by analyzing a text “I droveto Paju with my family for Golden Week and had delicious brunch uponarrival at Heyri Artist Valley” that may be derived based on the firsttext 334. For example, although the electronic device 1000 may consideran image captured during long holidays that may be called Golden Week,an image captured on the way to Paju, an image of Paju's Healing Roadthat is the famous road for driving in Paju, an image of a sunny dayreflecting the user's good mood due to the drive, an image capturedtogether with the families, an image of Heyri Artist Valley, and animage related to the brunch, the electronic device 1000 may give higherweight values to the image of the brunch and an image captured uponarrival based on the second text 336 and determine a degree ofrelatedness between the second text 336 and the user-accessible image.

To determine an image related to the second text 336, the image 338related to the first text 334 may also be considered, such that the userhas already selected the image including the situation of driving toPaju as the image 338 related to the first text 344 and thus theelectronic device 1000 determines that the user is not likely to selectthe image 338 again, and determines a degree of relatedness between thesecond text 336 and the user-accessible image by giving a low weightvalue to the image captured on the way to Paju.

According to an embodiment, when the user inputs the first text 334 andselects the image 338 related to the first text 334 and then inputs thesecond text 336, the electronic device 1000 may not have newly learnedan AI data recognition model. In this case, the electronic device 1000may determine an image related to the second text 336 by applying the AIdata recognition model that have not been newly learned.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may determine that thefifth image 342, the sixth image 344, the seventh image 346, and theeighth image 348 have a degree of relatedness with the text in adescending order and provide the fifth image 342, the sixth image 344,the seventh image 346, and the eighth image 348 to the user by arrangingthe fifth image 342, the sixth image 344, the seventh image 346, and theeighth image 348 in the descending relatedness degree order.

However, in an embodiment, as the user selects the sixth image 344 fromamong the displayed images 342, 344, 346, and 348 and presses or touchesa select button 350, the electronic device 1000 may receive a user inputof selecting the sixth image 344 as an image having the highest degreeof relatedness with the second text 336. Thus, the electronic device1000 may display the sixth image 344 together with the second text 336.

As in the above embodiment, if the image having a high order ofrelatedness with the text, which is determined based on a result ofapplying an AI data recognition model to the text by the electronicdevice 1000, and the image selected by the user are different from eachother, it may be meaningful for the electronic device 1000 to learn theAI data recognition model according to the user's selection result. Asthe electronic device 1000 continuously learns the AI data recognitionmodel based on the user's selection result, the electronic device 1000may determine an image related to a text more suitably for a user'sintention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of providing a text-related imagethrough a server by an electronic device according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4, in operation S410, the electronic device 1000obtains a text. Operation S410 of obtaining the text corresponds tooperation S210 of FIG. 2, and thus a detailed description thereof willbe omitted.

In operation S420, the electronic device 1000 transmits the obtainedtext to the server 2000. For example, the electronic device 1000transmits the obtained text to the server through the network. Herein,the network may be implemented with, but not limited to, a wirelesscommunication technology or a mobile communication technology, such asWi-Fi, home radio frequency (RF), Bluetooth (BT), high-rate wirelesspersonal area network (HR-WPAN), ultra-wideband (UWB), a low-ratewireless personal area network (LR WPAN), the Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394, and so forth.

In an embodiment, if the text is obtained from the server 2000 or theelectronic device 1000 has already uploaded the text in the server 2000,the electronic device 1000 may not transmit the text to the server 2000.For example, if the electronic device 1000 obtains the text from theserver 2000, transmission of the text to the server 2000 may be omitted,and only data requesting at least one image related to the text obtainedfrom the server 2000 may be transmitted.

In operation S430, the electronic device 1000 transmits a request for atleast one image related to the obtained text to the server 2000. Forexample, the electronic device 1000 may transmit the request to theserver through the network.

In operation S440, the server 2000 determines at least one image relatedto the received text based on a degree of relatedness between a resultof applying the first AI data recognition model to the received text anda result of applying the second AI data recognition model to theuser-accessible image.

In an embodiment, the server 2000 may obtain the user-accessible image.The user-accessible image according to an embodiment may include atleast one of an image previously stored in the server 2000, an imagethat may be received from an external device communicating with theserver 2000, and an image that may be received from the electronicdevice 1000. For example, the server 2000 may obtain an image previouslystored in a cloud server. The image previously stored in the cloudserver may be an image stored in a space allocated to a user account ofthe cloud server.

In an embodiment, if the first AI data recognition model is applied to atext, a result considering situations inferable from the applied textmay be derived, and if the second AI data recognition model is appliedto an image, a result considering situations inferable from the appliedimage may be derived, such that two results may be compared to determinea degree of relatedness. For example, a result of applying an AI datarecognition model may be a value or a vector value. The degree ofrelatedness may include a difference between values, a distance betweenvector values, or the like. For example, the server 2000 may determine,as an image related to a text, an image in which a difference betweenvalues or a distance between vector values is less than or equal to athreshold value. The AI data recognition model will later be describedin more detail with reference to FIG. 6.

In operation S450, the server 2000 transmits the determined at least oneimage to the electronic device 1000.

For example, the server 2000 may not transmit the determined at leastimage to the electronic device 1000 through the network.

According to an embodiment, to reduce a data transmission burden, theserver 2000 may transmit only additional information of the determinedat least one image, instead of the determined at least one image, to theelectronic device 1000. The additional information of the image mayinclude a theme, a size, a creation date, a resolution, focusing, JointPhotographic Experts Group (JPEG) quality, GPS information, uniqueidentifier (ID), a thumbnail image, a location of an image stored in theserver 2000 (e.g., a uniform resource locator (URL)), and so forth. Inan embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may obtain an imagecorresponding to the additional information by using the additionalinformation received from the server 2000. For example, the electronicdevice 1000 may receive a unique ID of the image to identify that animage corresponding to the additional information is an image previouslystored in the electronic device 1000, and display the previously storedimage. For example, if an image is not previously stored in theelectronic device 1000, a thumbnail image may be displayed to the user,and a location of an image stored in the server 2000 may be referred todownload the image from the server 2000 if necessary.

In operation S460, the electronic device 1000 displays the received atleast one image. Operation S460 of displaying the at least one imagecorresponds to operation S230 of FIG. 2, and thus a detailed descriptionthereof will be omitted.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which an electronic device provides atext-related image through a server according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

In FIG. 5, a repeated part of FIG. 4 will not be provided.

In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 5, the server 2000 establishes afirst AI data recognition model for a text and a second AI datarecognition model 520 for an image by using general-purpose data.

The server 2000 according to an embodiment may store a result ofapplying the second AI data recognition model 520 to user-accessibleimages including a first image 530 and a second image 540. In anembodiment, if the server 2000 receives a text 510 from the electronicdevice 1000, the server 2000 may derive a result of applying the firstAI data recognition model to the received text 510 and compare thederived result with a result previously stored for the user-accessibleimages to determine a text-related image.

In an embodiment, the server 2000 may transmit the first AI datarecognition model and the second AI data recognition model 520, as wellas the text-related image, to the electronic device 1000. For example,according to an embodiment, the server 2000 may establish AI datarecognition models and receive data such as the text 510 from theelectronic device 1000 for a specific time to customize the AI datarecognition models for the user, and then transmit the AI datarecognition models to the electronic device 1000 to allow the electronicdevice 1000 to determine the text-related image.

FIG. 6 is a view for describing a method of determining a text-relatedimage based on a degree of relatedness between results of application ofan AI data recognition model according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 6, the electronic device 1000 maydetermine, as the text-related image, at least one image in which adistance 660 on a vector space 650 between a text's vector value,derived by applying a first AI data recognition model 630 to a text 610,and an image's vector value, derived by applying a second AI datarecognition model 640 to an image 620.

In a disclosed embodiment, the “text's vector value” expressesinformation indicated by a text as a vector corresponding to aparticular location on an m-dimension (m is an arbitrary natural number)vector space, and the “image's vector value” expresses informationindicated by an image as a vector corresponding to a particular locationon an n-dimension (n is an arbitrary natural number) vector space, byselectively reflecting context information recognized using metadataabout the image. Herein, m and n may be equal to each other.

In an embodiment, the text 610 is not parsed in the unit of a word or aphrase, and the entire text may be input to the first AI datarecognition model 630 which may output one vector value considering allsituations that may be derived from the text 610. The image 620, insteadof objects included in the image 620, may be input to the second AL datarecognition model 640 which may output one vector value considering allsituations that may be derived from the image 620.

In an embodiment, to allow the text's vector value and the image'svector value to be mapped onto the same vector space 650, the first AIdata recognition model 630 and the second AI data recognition model 640may be learned together. In an embodiment, the first AI data recognitionmodel 630 and the second AI data recognition model 640 may be the sameas each other.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 may determine that a degreeof relatedness between a text and an image (or a text-image relatednessdegree) is high as a distance 660 between vector values mapped onto thesame vector space 650 is short.

In an embodiment, metadata about an image may not be used as an input toan AI data recognition model for deriving an image's vector value. Themetadata about the image may be used to provide a text-related image inanother way. For example, the electronic device 1000 may display animage having GPS information matching a place expressed on the text witha high priority, regardless of a text-image relatedness degree, derivedusing an AI data recognition model.

Although it has been described that the electronic device 1000 performslearning of the first AI data recognition model 630 and the second AIdata recognition model 640, the server 2000 or an external device mayperform the learning. The electronic device 1000 may receive at leastone AI data recognition model learned by the server 2000 or the externaldevice through the network and use the AI data recognition model todetermine a text-related image in the electronic device 1000.

FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 are block diagrams of an electronic device accordingto various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7, the electronic device 1000 according to anembodiment may include a user input interface 1100, a display 1210, acontroller (or at least one processor) 1300, and a memory 1700. However,all the illustrated elements are not essential elements. The electronicdevice 1000 may be implemented with a larger or smaller number ofelements than the illustrated elements.

Referring to FIG. 8, the electronic device 1000 according to anembodiment of the present disclosure may include the user inputinterface 1100, the display 1210, the controller 1300, and acommunicator 1500 (e.g., a transceiver). However, all the illustratedelements are not essential elements. The electronic device 1000 may beimplemented with a larger or smaller number of elements than theillustrated elements.

For example, referring to FIG. 9, the electronic device 1000 accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure may further include an outputinterface 1200, a sensor 1400, and an audio/video (A/V) input interface1600 in addition to the user input interface 1100, the controller 1300,the communicator 1500, and the memory 1700.

Hereinbelow, the foregoing elements will be described in detail.

The user input interface 1100 is a means through which a user inputsdata for controlling the electronic device 1000. For example, the userinput interface 1100 may include, but not limited to, a keypad, a domeswitch, a touch pad (a capacitive overlay type, a resistive overlaytype, an infrared beam type, a surface acoustic wave type, an integralstrain gauge type, a piezoelectric effect type, etc.), a jog wheel, ajog switch, etc.

The user input interface 1100 receives a user input. For example, theuser input interface 1100 may receive a user input for obtaining a textand a user input for executing an application. The user input interface1100 may receive a user input for selecting one or more of at least onedisplayed images.

The output interface 1200 outputs an audio signal, a video signal, or avibration signal, and may include the display 1210, an audio outputinterface 1220, a vibration motor 1230, and so forth.

The display 1210 is controlled by the controller 1300 described later todisplay information processed in the electronic device 1000. The display1210 displays at least one text-related image.

When the display 1210 and a touch pad are constructed as a touch screenin a layer structure, the display 1210 may be used as an input device aswell as an output device. The display 1210 may include at least one of aliquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor (TFT) LCD, anorganic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, athree-dimensional (3D) display, and an electrophoretic display.According to implementation types of the electronic device 1000, theelectronic device 1000 may include two or more displays 1210. In thiscase, the two or more displays 1210 may be disposed to face each otherby using a hinge.

The audio output interface 1220 outputs audio data received from thecommunicator 1500 or stored in the memory 1700. The audio outputinterface 1220 outputs an audio signal related to a function (e.g., acall signal receiving sound, a message receiving sound, an alarm sound,etc.) performed in the electronic device 1000. The audio outputinterface 1220 may include a speaker, a buzzer, or the like.

The vibration motor 1230 outputs a vibration signal. For example, thevibration motor 1230 may output a vibration signal corresponding tooutput of audio data or video data (e.g., a call signal receiving sound,a message receiving sound, etc.). The vibration motor 1230 outputs avibration signal if a touch is input to a touch screen.

The controller 1300 controls an overall operation of the electronicdevice 1000. The controller 1300 may include at least one processor. Thecontroller 1300 may include a plurality of processors or one processorin an integrated form depending on a function and a role thereof.

For example, the controller 1300 may control in overall the user inputinterface 1100, the output interface 1200, the sensor 1400, thecommunicator 1500, and the A/V input interface 1600 by executingprograms stored in the memory 1700. The controller 1300 controls theuser input interface 1100, the output interface 1200, the sensor 1400,the communicator 1500, and the A/V input interface 1600 to allow theelectronic device 1000 to determine at least one text-related image.

More specifically, the controller 1300 derives a degree of relatednessbetween a result of applying the first AI data recognition model to atext and a result of applying the second AI data recognition model to auser-accessible image to determine at least one text-related image. Forexample, the controller 1300 may determine, as the at least onetext-related image, at least one image in which a distance between atext's vector value derived by applying the first AI data recognitionmodel to the text and an image's vector value derived by applying thesecond AI data recognition model to the user-accessible image is lessthan or equal to a predetermined value. The controller 1300 obtainsmetadata regarding the user-accessible image and determines the at leastone text-related image based on a degree of relatedness reflectingcontext information recognized from the metadata.

In an embodiment, the controller 1300 may determine an image related toa text obtained later, based on an AI data recognition model newlylearned by a user input of selecting an image. In an embodiment, basedon a degree of relatedness between texts obtained before and after imageselection and results of applying a newly learned AI data recognitionmodel to a user-accessible image, the controller 1300 may determine atleast one image related to the obtained texts.

The controller 1300 controls the communicator 1500 to transmit andreceive a text, a user-accessible image, and at least one image relatedto the text to and from another electronic device and the server 2000.

The sensor 1400 senses a state of the electronic device 1000 or a statenear the electronic device 1000, and delivers sensed information to thecontroller 1300.

The sensor 1400 may include, but not limited to, at least one of ageomagnetic sensor 1410, an acceleration sensor 1420, atemperature/humidity sensor 1430, an infrared sensor 1440, a gyroscopesensor 1450, a positioning sensor (e.g., a global positioning system(GPS)) 1460, a pressure sensor 1470, a proximity sensor 1480, and ared/green/blue (RGB) sensor (or an illuminance sensor) 1490. A functionof each sensor may be intuitively construed from a name of each sensorby those of ordinary skill in the art, and thus will not be described indetail.

The communicator 1500 may include one or more elements that enable theelectronic device 1000 to communicate with another device (not shown) orthe server 2000. For example, the communicator 1500 may include ashort-range wireless communicator 1510, a mobile communicator 1520(e.g., a mobile transceiver), and a broadcasting receiver 1530.

The short-range wireless communicator 1510 may include, but not limitedto, a BT low energy (BLE) communicator, a near field communication (NFC)unit, a wireless local area network (WLAN) (Wi-Fi) communicator, aZigBee communicator, an infrared data association (IrDA) communicator, aWi-Fi direct (WFD) communicator, an ultra-wideband (UWB) communicator,and an Ant+ communicator.

The mobile communicator 1520 transmits and receives a radio signal toand from at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and aserver over a mobile communication network. Herein, the radio signal mayinclude various forms of data corresponding to transmission/reception ofa voice call signal, a video communication call signal, or atext/multimedia message.

The broadcasting receiver 1530 receives a broadcast signal and/orbroadcasting-related information from an external source through abroadcasting channel. The broadcasting channel may include a satellitechannel and a terrestrial channel According to implementation examples,the electronic device 1000 may not include the broadcasting receiver1530.

The communicator 1500 is controlled by the controller 1300 to transmitand receive data to and from another electronic device and the server2000. The communicator 1500 transmits data to another electronic devicedirectly or via the server 2000. The communicator 1500 receives datafrom another electronic device directly or via the server 2000.

The A/V input interface 1600 inputs an audio signal or a video signal,and may include a camera 1610, a microphone 1620, and so forth. Thecamera 1610 obtains an image frame such as a still image or a movingimage in a video communication mode or a photographing mode through animage sensor. The image captured by the image sensor is processed by thecontroller 1300 or a separate image processor (not shown).

An image frame processed by the camera 1610 is stored in the memory 1700or transmitted to an external source through the communicator 1500. Twoor more cameras 1610 may be provided according to a structure aspect ofthe electronic device 1000.

The microphone 1620 receives an external audio signal and processes thereceived signal into electric voice data. For example, the microphone1620 may receive an audio signal from an external device or a speaker.The microphone 1620 uses various noise cancellation algorithms forcanceling noise generated during reception of the external audio signal.

The memory 1700 stores a program for processing and control of thecontroller 1300, and stores input/output data (e.g., a text, atext-related image, a result of selecting a text-related image by auser, etc.). The memory 1700 stores a computer-executable instruction.

The memory 1700 may include a storage medium of at least one type of aflash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, acard type memory (e.g., a secure digital (SD) or extreme digital (xD)memory, etc.), a random-access memory (RAM), a static RAM (SRAM), aread-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM(EEPROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk,an optical disk, and so forth. The electronic device 1000 operates a webstorage or a cloud server that performs a storage function of the memory1700 on the Internet.

The programs stored in the memory 1700 may be classified into aplurality of modules depending on a function thereof, e.g., a userinterface (UI) module 1710, a touch screen module 1720, and so forth.

The UI module 1710 provides a specialized UI or graphic UI (GUI)interworking with the electronic device 1000 for each application. Thetouch screen module 1720 senses a touch gesture of a user on a touchscreen and delivers information about the touch gesture to thecontroller 1300. The touch screen module 1720 according to an embodimentrecognizes and analyzes a touch code. The touch screen module 1720 isconfigured with separate hardware including a controller.

To sense a touch or proximity touch on the touch screen, various sensorsmay be provided inside or near the touch screen. An example of thesensor for sensing a touch on the touch screen may be a tactile sensor.The tactile sensor refers to a sensor that senses a touch by aparticular object to the extent or larger to which a person feels thetouch. The tactile sensor senses a lot of information such as theroughness of a contact surface, the hardness of a contact object, thetemperature of a contact point, etc.

An example of the sensor for sensing a touch on the touch screen may bea proximity sensor.

The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects existence orabsence of an object that approaches or is in proximity to a detectionsurface by using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays,without a mechanical contact. Examples of the proximity sensor mayinclude a transmission optoelectronic sensor, a direct reflectiveoptoelectronic sensor, a mirror reflective optoelectronic sensor, a RFoscillation proximity sensor, an electrostatic capacity proximitysensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, an infrared proximity sensor, andso forth.

Meanwhile, the structure of the electronic device 1000 illustrated inFIGS. 7 through 9 is an embodiment, and each element of the electronicdevice 1000 may be integrated, added, or omitted according tospecifications of the electronic device 1000 to be implemented. That is,when necessary, two or more elements may be integrated into one elementor one element may be divided into two or more elements. A functionexecuted in each element (or module) is intended to describe variousembodiments, and a detailed operation or apparatus thereof does notlimit the scope of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the processor 1300 according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 10, the processor 1300 according to an embodiment mayinclude a data learning unit 1310 and a data recognizing unit 1320(e.g., a data recognizer).

The data learning unit 1310 analyzes an image and recognizes contents ofdata to learn a criterion for determining a degree of relatednessbetween the image and the text. The model learning unit 1310-4 of theserver 2000 may learn a criterion regarding which data is to be used todetermine the degree of relatedness between the text and the image andregarding how to determine the text-image relatedness using the data.The model learning unit 1310-4 obtains data to be used for learning andapplies the obtained data to a data recognition model to be describedlater, thereby learning the criterion for determining the text-imagerelatedness.

The data recognizing unit 1320 determines the text-image relatednessbased on the data. The data recognizing unit 1320 recognizes contentsderivable from the text and contents derivable from the image based onspecific data, by using a learned AI data recognition model. The datarecognizing unit 1320 obtains data according to the criterion that ispreset by learning and uses the data recognition model with the obtaineddata as an input value, thereby determining the text-image relatednessbased on the data. A result output from the data recognition model withthe obtained data as the input value may be used to update the datarecognition model.

At least one of the data learning unit 1310 and the data recognizingunit 1320 may be manufactured in the form of at least one hardware chipand mounted on the electronic device 1000. For example, at least one ofthe data learning unit 1310 and the data recognizing unit 1320 may bemanufactured in the form of a dedicated hardware chip for artificialintelligence (AI), or may be manufactured as a part of an existinggeneral-purpose processor (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), or anapplication processor) or a dedicated graphic processor (e.g., agraphics processing unit (GPU)) and mounted on various electronicdevices.

In this case, the data learning unit 1310 and the data recognizing unit1320 may be mounted on one electronic device, a server, or separateelectronic devices or a server. For example, one of the data learningunit 1310 and the data recognizing unit 1320 may be included in oneelectronic device 1000, and the other may be included in a server. Thedata learning unit 1310 and the data recognizing unit 1320 may beconnected in a wired or wireless manner, such that model informationestablished by the data learning unit 1310 may be provided to the datarecognizing unit 1320 or data input to the data recognizing unit 1320may be provided to the data learning unit 1310 as additional learningdata.

Meanwhile, at least one of the data learning unit 1310 and the datarecognizing unit 1320 may be implemented with a software module. When atleast one of the data learning unit 1310 and the data recognizing unit1320 may be implemented with a software module (or a program moduleincluding an instruction), the software module may be stored in anon-transitory computer-readable medium. In this case, at least onesoftware module is provided by an operating system (OS) or by anapplication. Alternatively, a part of the at least one software modulemay be provided by an OS and another part thereof may be provided by anapplication.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a learner according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 11, the data learning unit 1310 according to anembodiment may include a data obtaining unit 1310-1 (e.g., a dataobtainer), a pre-processing unit 1310-2 (e.g., a pre-processor), alearning data selecting unit 1310-3 (e.g., a learning data selector), amodel learning unit 1310-4 (e.g., a model learner), and a modelevaluating unit 1310-5 (e.g., a model evaluator).

The data obtaining unit 1310-1 obtains data needed to determine atext-image relatedness. The data obtaining unit 1310-1 obtains dataneeded for learning for determining the text-image relatedness.

For example, the data obtaining unit 1310-1 may obtain speech data,video data (e.g., an image, video, etc.), text data, or biometric signaldata. The data obtaining unit 1310-1 may receive data through an inputdevice (e.g., a microphone, a camera, a sensor, etc.) of the electronicdevice 1000. Alternatively, the data obtaining unit 1310-1 obtains datathrough an external device capable of communicating with the electronicdevice 1000.

For example, the data obtaining unit 1310-1 may receive a data inputfrom a user, retrieve data previously stored in the electronic device1000, or receive data from a server. The data obtaining unit 1310-1 mayalso obtain necessary data by combining the data previously stored inthe electronic device 1000, data sensed by the electronic device 1000,the data input from the user, and the data obtained from the server. Thedata may include at least one of a text, an image, video, metadata aboutan image, etc. The data obtaining unit 1310-1 may receive input of animage. For example, the data obtaining unit 1310-1 may receive an imagethrough a camera of the electronic device 1000 including the datalearning unit 1310 or an external camera capable of communicating withthe electronic device 1000 including the data learning unit 1310.Herein, the camera may include one or more image sensors (e.g., a frontsensor or a rear sensor), a lens, an image signal processor (ISP), or aflash (e.g., an LED, a xenon lamp, etc.).

The data obtaining unit 1310-1 may obtain a text. For example, the dataobtaining unit 1310-1 may receive input of data from the user through auser input interface of the electronic device 1000. The data obtainingunit 1310-1 may receive a text through a web server capable ofcommunicating with the electronic device 1000 including the datalearning unit 1310. For example, the data obtaining unit 1310-1 mayobtain a text from another application of the electronic device 1000.

The pre-processing unit 1310-2 pre-processes the obtained data, suchthat the obtained data may be used in learning for determining thetext-image relatedness. The pre-processing unit 1310-2 processes theobtained data into a preset format, such that the model learning unit1310-4 may use the obtained data in learning for determining thetext-image relatedness.

The pre-processing unit 1310-2 may generate one combined image byoverlapping at least some of a plurality of input images (or frames),based on a common region included in each of the plurality of inputimages. The common region may be a region including an identical orsimilar common object (e.g., a thing, an animal or a plant, a person,etc.) in each of the plurality of images. The common region may be aregion including the same or similar color, shade, read/green/blue (RGB)value, or cyan/magenta/yellow/black (CMYK) value in each of theplurality of images.

The learning data selecting unit 1310-3 selects data needed for learningfrom pre-processed data. The selected data may be provided to the modellearning unit 1310-4. The learning data selecting unit 1310-3 selectsdata needed for learning from pre-processed data, according to a presetcriterion for determining a text-image relatedness. The learning dataselecting unit 1310-3 may also select data according to a criterion thatis preset by learning of the model learning unit 1310-4.

For example, to learn determination of the text-image relatedness, datainserted by the user of the electronic device 1000, together with inputof a text, may be selected as data needed for the learning.

The model learning unit 1310-4 learns a criterion regarding how todetermine the text-image relatedness based on learning data. The modellearning unit 1310-4 may also learn a criterion regarding which learningdata is to be used to determine the text-image relatedness.

The model learning unit 1310-4 also learns a model for a text and amodel for an image to determine the text-image relatedness. The modellearning unit 1310-4 may also learn an AI data recognition model used todetermine the text-image relatedness by using learning data. In thiscase, the data recognition model may be previously established. Forexample, the data recognition model may be previously established usinginput basic learning data (e.g., sample images, etc.).

The AI data recognition model may be established based on an applicationfield of the recognition model, a purpose of learning, computerperformance of a device, etc. AI The data recognition model may be basedon, for example, a neural network. For example, a model such as, but notlimited to, a deep neural network (DNN), a recurrent neural network(RNN), a bidirectional recurrent deep neural network (BRDNN), or thelike may be used as the AI data recognition model.

Various embodiments, if there are a plurality of AI data recognitionmodels established in advance, the model learning unit 1310-4 determinesan AI data recognition model having a high correlation between inputlearning data and basic learning data as an AI data recognition model tobe learned. In this case, the basic learning data may be classified inadvance according to a data type, and the AI data recognition model maybe established in advance for each data type. For example, the basiclearning data may be classified depending on various criteria such as aregion where learning data is generated, a time in which learning datais generated, a size of learning data, a genre of learning data, agenerator of learning data, a type of an object in learning data, and soforth.

The model learning unit 1310-4 may learn the AI data recognition modelusing a learning algorithm such as error back-propagation or gradientdescent.

The model learning unit 1310-4 causes the AI data recognition model tolearn using supervised learning having learning data as an input value.The model learning unit 1310-4 may cause the AI data recognition modelto learn using unsupervised learning in which the AI data recognitionmodel discovers a criterion for determining the text-image relatednessby learning a type of data needed for determining the text-imagerelatedness without separate supervision. The model learning unit 1310-4learns the AI data recognition model using reinforcement learning basedon a feedback regarding whether a result of determining the text-imagerelatedness based on learning is correct or not.

Once the AI data recognition model is learned, the model learning unit1310-4 stores the learned AI data recognition model. In this case, themodel learning unit 1310-4 stores the learned AI data recognition modelin a memory of the electronic device 1000 including the data recognizingunit 1320. Alternatively, the model learning unit 1310-4 stores thelearned AI data recognition model in a memory of the electronic device1000 including the data recognizing unit 1320 to be described later.Alternatively, the model learning unit 1310-4 stores the learned AI datarecognition model in a memory of a server wiredly or wirelesslyconnected with the electronic device 1000.

In this case, the memory in which the learned AI data recognition modelis stored may also store an instruction or data related to at least oneother element of the electronic device 1000. The memory may also storesoftware and/or programs. The program may include a kernel, middleware,an application programming interface (API), and/or an applicationprogram (or “application”), and the like.

If a recognition result output after input of evaluation data to the AIdata recognition model fails to satisfy a predetermined criterion, themodel evaluating unit 1310-5 may cause the model learning unit 1310-4 tolearn again. In this case, the evaluation data may be preset data forevaluating the AI data recognition model.

For example, an image selected as a text-related image by the user isinput to the second AI data recognition model, and the text is input tothe first AI data recognition model, such that if a difference betweentwo outputs exceeds a preset value, the model learning unit 1310-4 maybe evaluated as having to perform learning again.

For example, the model evaluating unit 1310-5 may evaluate that thepredetermined criterion is not satisfied if among recognition results ofthe learned AI data recognition model regarding evaluation data, thenumber or rate of evaluation data having inaccurate recognition resultsexceeds a preset threshold value. For the predetermined criterion beingdefined as a rate of 2%, if the learned AI data recognition modeloutputs wrong recognition results for 20 or more evaluation data among atotal of 1000 evaluation data, then the model evaluating unit 1310-5 mayevaluate that the learned AI data recognition model is not proper.

If there are a plurality of learned AI data recognition models, themodel evaluating unit 1310-5 evaluates whether each learned AI datarecognition model satisfies the predetermined criterion, and determinesa learned AI data recognition model satisfying the predeterminedcriterion as a final AI data recognition model. In this case, if aplurality of learned AI data recognition models satisfy thepredetermined criterion, the model evaluating unit 1310-5 determinespreset any one model or a predetermined number of models as a final AIdata recognition model or final AI data recognition models in a higherevaluation grade order.

At least one of the data obtaining unit 1310-1, the pre-processing unit1310-2, the learning data selecting unit 1310-3, the model learning unit1310-4, and the model evaluating unit 1310-5 in the data learning unit1310 may be manufactured in the form of at least one hardware chip andmounted on the electronic device 1000. For example, at least one of thedata obtaining unit 1310-1, the pre-processing unit 1310-2, the learningdata selecting unit 1310-3, the model learning unit 1310-4, and themodel evaluating unit 1310-5 may be manufactured in the form of adedicated hardware chip for AI, or may be manufactured as a part of anexisting general-purpose processor (e.g., a CPU or an applicationprocessor) or a dedicated graphic processor (e.g., a GPU) and mounted onvarious electronic devices.

The data obtaining unit 1310-1, the pre-processing unit 1310-2, thelearning data selecting unit 1310-3, the model learning unit 1310-4, andthe model evaluating unit 1310-5 may be mounted on one electronicdevice, a server, or on separate electronic devices, respectively. Forexample, some of the data obtaining unit 1310-1, the pre-processing unit1310-2, the learning data selecting unit 1310-3, the model learning unit1310-4, and the model evaluating unit 1310-5 may be included in theelectronic device, and some others thereof may be included in a server.

At least one of the data obtaining unit 1310-1, the pre-processing unit1310-2, the learning data selecting unit 1310-3, the model learning unit1310-4, and the model evaluating unit 1310-5 may be implemented with asoftware module. When at least one of the data obtaining unit 1310-1,the pre-processing unit 1310-2, the learning data selecting unit 1310-3,the model learning unit 1310-4, and the model evaluating unit 1310-5 isimplemented with a software module (or a program module including aninstruction), the software module may be stored in a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium. In this case, at least one software module isprovided by an operating system (OS) or by an application.Alternatively, a part of the at least one software module may beprovided by an OS and another part thereof may be provided by anapplication.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the data recognizing unit 1320 accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 12, the data recognizing unit 1320 according to anembodiment may include a data obtaining unit 1320-1 (e.g., a dataobtainer), a pre-processing unit 1320-2 (e.g., a pre-processor), arecognition data selecting unit 1320-3 (e.g., a recognition dataselector), a recognition result providing unit 1320-4 (e.g., arecognition provider), and a model updating unit 1320-5 (e.g., a modelupdater).

The data obtaining unit 1320-1 obtains data needed for determining thetext-image relatedness, and the pre-processing unit 1320-2 pre-processesthe obtained data such that the data obtained for determining thetext-image relatedness may be used. The pre-processing unit 1320-2processes the obtained data into a preset format, such that therecognition result providing unit 1320-4 may use the data obtained fordetermining the text-image relatedness.

The recognition data selecting unit 1320-3 selects the data needed fordetermining the text-image relatedness from the pre-processed data. Theselected data may be provided to the recognition result providing unit1320-4. The recognition data selecting unit 1320-3 selects the entirepre-processed data or a part thereof, according to a preset criterionfor determining the text-image relatedness. The learning data selectingunit 1320-3 may also select data according to a criterion that is presetby learning of the model learning unit 1310-4.

The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 applies the selected datato the AI data recognition model to determine the text-imagerelatedness. The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 provides arecognition result based on a data recognition purpose. The recognitionresult providing unit 1320-4 applies the selected data to the AI datarecognition model by using data selected by the recognition dataselecting unit 1320-3 as an input value. The recognition result may bedetermined by the AI data recognition model.

For example, a recognition result of data may be provided in the form ofa text, audio, video, an image, or an instruction (e.g., an applicationexecution instruction, a module function execution instruction, etc.).The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 applies user's biometricsignal data to the AI data recognition model and provides a recognitionresult of the data. For example, the recognition result providing unit1320-4 may provide a result of recognizing an object included in animage. The recognition result may be state information of the objectincluded in the image, surrounding state information of the object, etc.The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 may provide, as the stateinformation of the object, ‘exercising’, ‘emergency’, ‘resting’, ‘attable’, ‘shopping’, ‘in a meeting’, ‘sleeping’, and so forth, in theform of a text, voice, a moving image, an image, a command, etc.

The model updating unit 1320-5 updates the AI data recognition modelbased on evaluation with respect to the recognition result provided bythe recognition result providing unit 1320-4. For example, the modelupdating unit 1320-5 provides the recognition result provided by therecognition result providing unit 1320-4 to the model learning unit1310-4, allowing the model learning unit 1310-4 to update the AI datarecognition model.

At least one of the data obtaining unit 1320-1, the pre-processing unit1320-2, the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3, the recognitionresult providing unit 1320-4, and the model updating unit 1320-5 in thedata recognizing unit 1320 may be manufactured in the form of at leastone hardware chip and mounted on the electronic device 1000. Forexample, at least one of the data obtaining unit 1320-1, thepre-processing unit 1320-2, the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3,the recognition result providing unit 1320-4, and the model updatingunit 1320-5 may be manufactured in the form of a dedicated hardware chipfor AI, or may be manufactured as a part of an existing general-purposeprocessor (e.g., a CPU or an application processor) or a dedicatedgraphic processor (e.g., a GPU) and mounted on various electronicdevices.

The data obtaining unit 1320-1, the pre-processing unit 1320-2, therecognition data selecting unit 1320-3, the recognition result providingunit 1320-4, and the model updating unit 1320-5 may be mounted on oneelectronic device or on separate electronic devices, respectively. Forexample, some of the data obtaining unit 1320-1, the pre-processing unit1320-2, the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3, the recognitionresult providing unit 1320-4, and the model updating unit 1320-5 may beincluded in the electronic device 1000 or some others thereof may beincluded in a server.

At least one of the data obtaining unit 1320-1, the pre-processing unit1320-2, the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3, the recognitionresult providing unit 1320-4, and the model updating unit 1320-5 may beimplemented with a software module. When at least one of the dataobtaining unit 1320-1, the pre-processing unit 1320-2, the recognitiondata selecting unit 1320-3, the recognition result providing unit1320-4, and the model updating unit 1320-5 is implemented with asoftware module (or a program module including an instruction), thesoftware module may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readablemedium. In this case, at least one software module is provided by anoperating system (OS) or by an application. Alternatively, a part of theat least one software module may be provided by an OS and another partthereof may be provided by an application.

FIG. 13 illustrates an example where the electronic device 1000 and theserver 2000 learn and recognize data by interworking with each other,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 13, the server 2000 learns a criterion for determininga text-image relatedness, and the electronic device 1000 determines thetext-image relatedness based on a learning result by the server 2000.The server includes a data learning unit 2300. The data learning unit2300 includes a data obtaining unit 2310, a pre-processing unit 2320, amodel learning unit 2340 and a model evaluating unit 2350.

In this case, a model learning unit 2340 (e.g., a model learner) of theserver 2000 performs functions of the data learning unit 1310 shown inFIG. 11. The model learning unit 2340 of the server 2000 may learn acriterion regarding which data is to be used to determine the degree ofrelatedness between the text and the image and regarding how todetermine the degree of relatedness between the text and the image usingdata. The model learning unit 2340 obtains data to be used for learningand applies the obtained data to a data recognition model to bedescribed later, thereby learning the criterion for determining thedegree of relatedness between the text and the image.

The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 of the electronic device1000 determines the degree of relatedness between the text and the imageby applying the data selected by the recognition data selecting unit1320-3 to the data recognition model generated by the server 2000. Forexample, the recognition result providing unit 1320-4 may transmit thedata selected by the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3 to theserver 2000 and request the server 2000 to determine the degree ofrelatedness between the text and the image by applying the data selectedby the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3 to the recognition model.The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 receives information aboutthe degree of relatedness between the text and the image, determined bythe server 2000, from the server 2000.

The recognition result providing unit 1320-4 of the electronic device1000 receives the recognition model generated by the server 2000 anddetermines the degree of relatedness between the text and the image byusing the received recognition model. In this case, the recognitionresult providing unit 1320-4 of the electronic device 1000 determinesthe degree of relatedness between the text and the image by applying thedata selected by the recognition data selecting unit 1320-3 to the datarecognition model received from the server 2000.

Meanwhile, the foregoing some embodiments may be written as programsexecutable on computers, and may be implemented on general-purposedigital computers operating the programs by using computer-readablerecording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium may include storage medium suchas magnetic storage medium (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), floppy disks,hard disks, etc.), optical recording medium (e.g., compact disc(CD)-ROMs, digital versatile discs (DVDs), etc.), and so forth.

While various embodiments of the present disclosure have been describedwith reference to the attached drawings, those of ordinary skill in theart to which the present disclosure pertains will appreciate that thepresent disclosure may be implemented in different detailed ways withoutdeparting from the technical spirit or essential characteristics of thepresent disclosure. Accordingly, the aforementioned embodiments shouldbe construed as being only illustrative, but should not be constructedas being restrictive from all aspects.

It should be understood that various embodiments described herein shouldbe considered in a descriptive sense only and not for purposes oflimitation. Descriptions of features or aspects within each embodimentshould typically be considered as available for other similar featuresor aspects in other embodiments.

While the present disclosure has been shown and described with referenceto various embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilledin the art that various changes in form and details may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure asdefined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of providing an image, the methodcomprising: obtaining a text; determining at least one image related tothe obtained text based on a degree of relatedness between a resultobtained by inputting the obtained text into a first artificialintelligence (AI) data recognition model and a result obtained byinputting a user-accessible image into a second AI data recognitionmodel; and displaying the determined at least one image.
 2. The methodof claim 1, wherein the determining of the at least one image comprisesdetermining, as the at least one image related to the obtained text: atleast one image in which a distance between a vector value of theobtained text, which is derived by applying the first AI datarecognition model to the obtained text, and a vector value of theuser-accessible image, which is derived by applying the second AI datarecognition model to the user-accessible image, is less than or equal toa predetermined value.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayingof the determined at least one image comprises displaying the determinedat least one image to the user in an order of the degree of relatedness.4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the at least oneimage further comprises: obtaining metadata about the at least oneimage; and determining the at least one image related to the text basedon the degree of relatedness reflecting context information recognizedfrom the obtained metadata.
 5. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: receiving a user input of selecting an image from thedisplayed at least one image from the user, wherein the determining ofthe at least one image comprises determining an image related to a textobtained later, based on the second AI data recognition model newlylearned based on a result of the selection.
 6. The method of claim 5,wherein the determining of the at least one image comprises determiningat least one image related to the obtained texts, based on a degree ofrelatedness between results of applying a newly learned first AI datarecognition model to texts obtained before and after the selection ofthe image and results of applying the newly learned second AI datarecognition model to a user-accessible image.
 7. The method of claim 1,wherein the user-accessible image comprises at least one of an imagepreviously stored in an electronic device, an image receivable from anexternal device communicating with the electronic device, and an imagereceivable from a server.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein thedetermining of the at least one image comprises determining the at leastone image related to the text in response to an application executed foran access of the user to the image.
 9. A method of providing atext-related image, the method comprising: obtaining a text;transmitting the obtained text and a request for at least one imagerelated to the obtained text to a server; receiving at least one imagerelated to the transmitted text based on a degree of relatedness betweena result obtained by inputting the transmitted text into a firstartificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model and a resultobtained by inputting a user-accessible image into a second AI datarecognition model, in response to the request; and displaying thereceived at least one image based on the degree of relatedness.
 10. Anelectronic device comprising: a user input interface configured toobtain a text; a memory configured to store a computer-executableinstruction; at least one processor coupled to the memory is configuredto determine at least one image related to the obtained text based on adegree of relatedness between a result obtained by inputting theobtained text into a first artificial intelligence (AI) data recognitionmodel and a result obtained by inputting a user-accessible image into asecond AI data recognition model; and a display configured to displaythe determined at least one image.
 11. The electronic device of claim10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured todetermine, as the at least one image related to the obtained text, atleast one image in which a distance between a vector value of theobtained text, which is derived by applying the first AI datarecognition model to the obtained text, and a vector value of the image,which is derived by applying the second AI data recognition model to theuser-accessible image, is less than or equal to a predetermined value.12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the display is furtherconfigured to display the determined at least one image in an order ofthe degree of relatedness.
 13. The electronic device of claim 10,wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: obtainmetadata about the at least one image, and determine the at least oneimage related to the text based on the degree of relatedness reflectingcontext information recognized from the obtained metadata.
 14. Theelectronic device of claim 10, wherein the user input interface isfurther configured to receive a user input of selecting an image fromthe at least one displayed image, and wherein the at least one processoris further configured to determine an image related to a text obtainedlater, based on the second AI data recognition model newly learned basedon a result of the selection.
 15. The electronic device of claim 14,wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine atleast one image related to the obtained texts, based on a degree ofrelatedness between results of applying a newly learned first AI datarecognition model to texts obtained before and after the selection ofthe image and results of applying the newly learned second AI datarecognition model to a user-accessible image.
 16. The electronic deviceof claim 10, wherein the user-accessible image comprises at least one ofan image previously stored in the electronic device, an image receivablefrom an external device communicating with the electronic device, and animage receivable from a server.
 17. The electronic device of claim 10,wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determinethe at least one image related to the text in response to an applicationexecuted for an access of the user to the image.
 18. A non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium configured to store one or morecomputer programs including instructions that, when executed by at leastone processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the method ofclaim 9.